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Old 03-31-2008, 08:07 AM
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Icon16 Mission Accomplished

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Originally Posted by B L Zeebub View Post
U S G, I love those U S Army recruitment Videos, have you seen the one with him on an Aircraft Carrier in that leather jacket, "Mission Accomplished" you are right a picture does tell a thousand stories, my favs are the "Loonie Tune" Cartoon's
It all depends on what mission was accomplished.

"Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the Battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country."
G.W. Bush; USS Abraham Lincoln; 1 May, 2003

According to this - all of the things that were asked of our troops prior to this day, were accomplished. There was no embellishment in the speech at all. MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS

I call that Mission Accomplished. I would have not used those words for exactly the same reason you point out. But I would have put up a sign, "END OF MAJOR COMBAT OPERATIONS", myself.
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